Improvement in nursery footstools



Toallwhomt't may concern: i

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LEVI BURNE L L, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

y Letters Patent No. 107,859, ma cantera, 1,870.

` ',IMPRovEMEn-rin NURSERY Foors'rooLs.

, The Schedule raten-edito in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe Eame- Beit known that'I, LEVI BURNELI), of Milwaukee,

" l in the county of Milwaukee and State ot' VVisconsiu,

have `ii` 1ver1ted a newand improved Nursery Footstool; and I doherebyder'zlare` that the following t is afnll, clear, 'and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skiliediin `the art tomake and use thesanie, reference `being had tothe accompanying drawingYforming part of this specification This invention relates to'improvements in foot.

stools, Vand consists in a combination, with a bascplate, preferablymountedonfshort legs, of an upper plate, hinged to it at or' nearoneedge, or toa piece rising a little above it,.and supported at theopposite edge by springs or other elastiesupport, considerably higherthan `the hinged edge, thereby constituting a` graduated springingstoot-0111` which the mirsemay` place her footzwl'lileholding an infant,and trotit `with an easy anduniform motion, not attainable when impartedwhen the. feet resten the tloor.

, Figurel is an endieleigationof my improved stool,

` Figure 2 is a side elevation.

'Siuiilar letters of reference `indicate corresponding partswv A is thebaseplate, preferably mounted on short i legs, B,and having a`slightrib, C,4 running across the top at one edge.` v

D is the top plate.

It is hinged at E to the rib (l,

or it may be hinged tothe upper edge of A, and at or near 4the edgeopposite to E.

Springs, F, of any kind, may be introduced between the-'base and top, asshown, raising it at that edge.A

considerably higher than the other, so that a person sitting in a chair,and placing the feet on D, may" have a simple and edicieut means ofworking the kn'esup and down, with a uniform, elastic, and easy motion,for the entertainment ot' children, which motion will be entirely freefr oin the jolting common to such movements when the feet rest on theiioor, thereby providing an article which 'will be of great service inthe nursery. t

The action of vthe springs Vwill vary as the feet are placed nearer toor further from the hinges, and the stool is, therefore, adaptedfoijstrong or weak per SOUS.

rEhe parts here shown may-be upholstered and orv -uamented as may bepreferred, according to the char acter or style required.

Having thus described my invention,l

I claim as 'new and desire toseoureby Letters Patent- I A nursery stool,composed of the base-plate A andtop I), hinged together, provided withthe springs,

and all arranged substantially as specified. Y

Witnesses: LEVI BURNELL. Y Gr E. WEISS,

- EDWARD SIMPSON.

